Appendix A
Data Tables

Figure 1.
Percent of All Fatal Crashes That Were Alcohol Involved:
Six-Month Period After Enforcement Began
Compared to the Same Period in the Previous Year

Before Enforcement

After Enforcement

State

Fatal Crashes

Alcohol-
Involved

Percent Alcohol-
Involved

Fatal Crashes

Alcohol-
Involved

Percent Alcohol-
Involved

Percent Change

Iowa

263

84

28.1

277

78

28.2

0

Maine

73

14

19.2

49

9

18.4

-4.0

Rhode Island

45

14

31.1

43

13

30.2

-2.8

South Dakota

121

33

27.3

115

25

21.7

-20.5

Source: State agencies/FARS

Figure 2.
Nighttime Hit-and-Run Crashes:
Six Month Period After Enforcement Began
Compared to the Same Period in the Previous Year

State

Crashes Before Enforcement

Crashes After Enforcement

Percent Change

Iowa

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable

Maine

158

85

-46.2

Rhode Island

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable

South Dakota

233

215

-7.7

Source: State agencies

Figure 3.
Percent of All Fatal Crashes That Were Alcohol-Involved:
Comparison of States With Fully-Conforming Laws on 22 July 1998,
States that Became Fully-Conforming Between 22 July 1998 and 1 October 2000,
States With Partially-Conforming Laws on 1 October 2000, and
States With
No Open Container and No Alcohol Consumption Laws
as of 1 October 2000

Category

Total Crashes

1999
Alcohol-Involved

Percent
Alcohol-Involved

Full Law on July 22, 1998
(13 States and DC)

11,907

4,542

38.1

Became Fully Conforming Since TEA-21 (17
States)

14,393

5,321

37.0

Partial Law on October 1, 2000
(17 states)

13,794

5,619

40.7

No Law on October 1, 2000
(3 states & PR)

1,975

825

41.8

Source: FARS

Figure 4.
Percent of Residents Who Believe Their State Should Have
an Open Container Law: Comparison of States With Fully-Conforming Laws
on 22 July 1998,
States that Became Fully-Conforming Between 22 July 1998
and 1 October 2000,
States With Partially-Conforming Laws on 1 October 2000,
and
States With No Open Container and No Alcohol Consumption Laws
as of 1 October 2000